This day in History - January 4

381 Historic Events for January 4
1726 Birth Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1729 Death Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1729 Death Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies
1739 Birth Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)
1745 Death Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 Death Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1754 Event Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1756 Birth Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
1759 Birth Maria Rosa Coccia, composer
1761 Death Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1762 Event England declares war on Spain and Naples
1765 Death Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1772 Birth Paul-Louis Courier, (de M‚r‚), French writer/interpreter
1773 Birth Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer
1778 Death Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1780 Event Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1781 Event Andr‚ M‚chain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1782 Death Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1785 Birth Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
1786 Death Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1789 Birth Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1790 Event Pres Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union"
1793 Death Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1797 Birth Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
1799 Death Galib Dede/Seyh Galib, Turkish poet (Hsn  Ask), dies at about 40